''Mysteriomorphus'' is an extinct genus of beetle, and the only member of the family Mysteriomorphidae. It is known from one described species, ''Mysteriomorphus pelevini'' found in
Burmese amber, dating to the early part of the
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
stage of the
Late Cretaceous but more species are likely due to the morphological diversity of known specimens.
It was initially placed in
Elateriformia ''
incertae sedis'',
but a subsequent study found that it was better placed within the
Elateroidea, close to
Elateridae.
References
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Burmese amber
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Fossil beetle genera